A rare and endangered baby animal that looks like a “fuzzy watermelon” has a new name, and it’s also a fruit, a Washington zoo said. The white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf was named Ume, ...

For over a hundred years, the South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris) was thought to have vanished from Brazil’s coastal ...

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A zoo in Bristol has welcomed two critically endangered primates with very distinctive voices - meaning visitors may hear them before they see them. Red ruffed lemurs growl, grunt and even scream.

After a century-long absence, the elusive South American tapir has reemerged, sparking hope and excitement among ...

The tapir, the biggest land mammal in South America, has been spotted in Brazil's Costa Verde region 100 years after its last ...

I AM the sort of kid who grew up watching nature documentaries,” our jaguar-tracking guide Bruno Sartori tells us. “Now I ...